How many water violations are in Bergen County?

Bergen County has 6,905 total drinking water violations across 49 water systems, of which 518 are health-based violations. 98.0% of systems have at least one violation.

How many people get water from Bergen County systems?

Water systems in Bergen County serve approximately 1,133,521 people through 49 public water systems.

Has PFAS been detected in Bergen County water?

Under EPA UCMR5, 18 of 18 tested systems in Bergen County had at least one PFAS detection (100.0% of the UCMR5-tested subset - not of all 49 SDWIS systems).

What types of water sources supply Bergen County?

Water systems in Bergen County use GW (33 systems), SW (16 systems) as their primary water sources.

Are health-based violations serious?

Health-based violations indicate that drinking water exceeded Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) set by the EPA or failed treatment technique requirements. 7.5% of Bergen County's violations are health-based. Among counties with any SDWIS violations, this extract puts Bergen County in the lower health-based share band. Not all violations indicate immediate health risk, but they require corrective action.

Where does Bergen County sit among U.S. counties for water-system population?

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Bergen County ranks #49 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #1 of 21 counties in New Jersey. Ordinals use the same total_population DESC sort as the counties directory. See /methodology#corpus-placement.

Counties → New Jersey

Bergen County, New Jersey

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SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NJ003 · Bergen County 49 sys · 6,905 viol · #49/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-FULL

VIOL-SEVERE 98.0% flagged
HEALTH-LOW 7.5% health
RANK-TOP #49/3254
PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
SRC-GW GW lead 67%
SYS-MID 49 systems
BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Passaic County (+ 0.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Bergen County ranks #49 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #1 of 21 counties in New Jersey. See methodology · corpus placement.

Bergen County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 98.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 7.5% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 100.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #49 of 3,254 · #1 of 21 in New Jersey.

Water Systems

System Name	Population	Violations	PFAS
Veolia Water New Jersey Hackensack	792,713	164	Detected
Ridgewood Water	61,700	776	Detected
Fair Lawn Water Dept	34,947	257	Detected
Garfield Water Department	30,487	185	Detected
Mahwah Water Department	26,777	54	Detected
Passaic Valley WC Lodi WD	24,136	38	Detected
Lyndhurst Water Department	20,500	87	Detected
Elmwood Park Water Dept	20,374	141	Detected
Park Ridge Water Dept	16,466	512	Detected
Pvwc-North Arlington	15,392	56	Detected
Ramsey Water Dept	15,207	746	Detected
Saddle Brook Water Dept	13,155	161	Detected
Oakland Water Dept	12,754	186	Detected
Wallington Water Dept	11,583	75	Detected
Waldwick Water Dept	10,208	828	Detected
Veolia Water NJ Allendale Water System	6,702	330	Detected
Veolia Water New Jersey Franklin Lakes	5,038	21	Detected
Ho Ho Kus Water Dept	4,060	137	Detected
Englewood Hospital	2,600	206	-
Urban Farms Acquisition	2,500	7	-
Veolia Water New Jersey Montvale Pd95	654	4	-
Saddle River Water Utility	600	21	-
Palisades Interstate Park	510	80	-
Greater NY Council Boy Scouts of America	407	7	-
New Milford Swim Club	320	61	-
Demarest Swim Club	291	27	-
Rockleigh Country Club	278	57	-
Candlewyck Diner	263	251	-
Hasbrouck Heights Swim Club	257	6	-
Bogerts Ranch Estates IN	225	332	-
Bogota Swim Club	215	26	-
Haworth Swim Club	210	66	-
Yaw Paw Summer Well	210	14	-
Englewood Service	204	24	-
Saddle River Inn	172	17	-
Harrington Park Swim Club	170	2	-
Kiku Alpine Restaurant	165	62	-
Exxon USA 3-2024	154	42	-
Camp Glen Gray	154	12	-
Friends of Glen Gray, Inc.	154	32	-
Yaw Paw Year Round	152	0	-
Saddle River Reformed Church	135	123	-
Secor Farms	104	48	-
Brookside Racquet & Swim	60	15	-
Englewood Getty	40	286	-
815 Route 17 LLC	37	220	-
NJ Audubon Society	28	6	-
Bergen Cnty Campgaw Mount Reservation (D	28	81	-
Hess Court Park	25	16	-

Compare beyond New Jersey

Mid-flagged peers for Bergen County

Cross-state counties nearest Bergen County on flagged-system share (98.0%) and cumulative violation count (6,905). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

4 peers

Read our methodology · Check your water system - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

Compiled by PlainWater, Drinking Water Quality Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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